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Sir Mark Walport is the Chief Executive of the newly formed UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which is responsible for the public funding of research and innovation. He was Government Chief Scientific Adviser ( GCSA ) and Head of the...
Mark Harper was appointed Secretary of State for Transport on 25 October 2022. Previously, he served as Chief Whip (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) from May 2015 until 14 July 2016. Previously Mark served as Minister for Political and Constitutional...
The UK government is announcing its support for the renowned particle physicist Professor Mark Thomson, to be the next Director-General of CERN.
Mark Rakestraw was the Acting Consul General in St Petersburg from May to September 2017. Since October 2014, he has been Director of Corporate Services and Her Majesty’s Consul General at the British Embassy in Moscow. He occupied both roles...
Mark Garnier was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade from 17 July 2016 to 9 January 2018. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Wyre Forest in May 2010. Career outside politics Mark was...
Mark Lancaster TD was Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 13 June 2017 to 16 December 2019. Mark was educated at Kimbolton School. He has a BSc in Business Studies from the University of Buckingham and an MBA...
In March 2024, Mark was was appointed as a Kings Batchelor by His Majesty the King, creating Sir Mark Spencer, the Rt Hon Member for Sherwood. Mark Spencer was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and...
Mark started his Civil Service career in the Public Trust Office in 1987 before moving to working in courts and tribunals in 1990, where he has undertaken a wide variety of leadership, project/programme management and estate-related roles at Cluster, regional...
Mark Field was previously Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 13 June 2017 to 25 July 2019. Mark also took interim responsibilities for the Middle East and North Africa from March...
Lord Porter was the Leader of South Holland District Council from 2003 to 2023. In 2013, he was made a CBE for services to local government and in 2015 he was elevated to the Lords. He was formerly the vice chairman...
Mark has worked at the Ministry of Justice since early 2016, whilst within the department he has driven many of the department’s HR led programmes from restructuring to service improvement, including driving recruitment to fulfil our Ministerial Commitments to effectively...
Mark Prisk was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government in September 2012. Mark was elected Conservative MP for Hertford and Stortford in June 2001. Education He was educated at Truro School and Reading University,...
Mark joined the Diplomatic Service in 2009 having previously worked as a journalist for ITN, primarily as a Producer on Channel 4 News. In London he worked in the FCO’s National Security Directorate, Americas Directorate and was also seconded to...
Mark joined the Ministry of Justice as a Non-Executive Board Member on 14 July 2022 Prior to joining the Ministry of Justice, Mark worked for 27 years for Accenture, one of the World’s leading Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing organisations. During...
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Mark is the Director of the Department for Business and Trade, UK Defence and Security Exports ( UKDSE ). Mark spent over 30 years in the British Army before joining UKDSE in January 2019. He held a variety of senior...
Sir John Parker was the lead non-executive director for the Cabinet Office from November 2017 to July 2019. Sir John has a wealth of leadership and boardroom experience in industry ranging from shipbuilding and mining, to utilities, aerospace and central...
Patrick has pursued a successful career in business and in public service. He was educated at Brentwood School and after receiving a degree in Economics from Durham University Patrick joined an investment bank. What followed is a career creating, developing...
Mark Hoban was appointed Minister of State for Employment in September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Fareham on 7 June 2001. Education Mark has an economics degree from the London School of Economics. Political career Mark was Shadow...
Mark Taylor works as a management consultant and coach to the NHS. He previously worked in a range of senior leadership roles in the NHS for over 30 years, including roles as a primary care trust chief executive and chief...
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